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D-backs Prospects Through the Years (Part 2)

On February 8, 2018 By

Last week we began a fun exercise, looking deeply at the highest ranked Diamondbacks prospects of all time. We’ll keep it rolling today as we discuss prospect classes from 2008 through present with the use of Baseball America’s all-time top 100 prospect lists. Let’s just dive right in, shall we?

With the graduation of guys like Justin Upton, …

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Early D-backs MiLB Standouts Include Wilson, Duplantier, Lugo, Clarke and More

On April 26, 2017 By

The D-backs are in the midst of a fine April. They’ve won 12 of their first 14 games at home this season, a tally that seems like it took forever to reach last year. They’ve averaged something like 7.5 runs per game at home and they are halfway through a 10-game homestand that’ll eventually bring the division-leading Rockies to town. …

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Marcus Wilson, Jamie Westbrook and Others Turn Heads in Spring Camp

On March 30, 2016 By

The Diamondbacks’ minor league system is down as a whole given the departures of guys like Touki Toussaint, Dansby Swanson and Aaron Blair. Not helping things, Archie Bradley has kind of stalled and if it weren’t for a strong close to the 2015 season from Braden Shipley, things might look really bad. All of that said, there …

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